(Usual disclaimers - does not reflect the position at my current school but a comment on librarianship as a whole etc. etc.) I've been prompted to think about the library / librarian as part of an ecosystem (as opposed to the library ecosystem itself, * an important distinction) a lot recently as a result of … Continue reading Species at risk
Librarians are big on advocacy. Big on helping their peers when they're not being heard in their communities or schools to build their "advocacy toolkit". Most librarian courses include at least one module in one course on advocacy. Some academic librarians have built their careers on advocacy. But I'd like to cry foul. This has … Continue reading Advocacy is not enough we need power
The whole diversity thing bothers me. Has for some time. We seem to love the optics of diversity, but not so much the reality. And so we mete out our diversity in acceptable chunks at acceptable moments. And in doing so we can fool ourselves - most of the time. We also mete out our … Continue reading Meting out diversity
Informative Flights - Musings of a Teacher Librarian 